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Prufrock: Rose looking to branch out

But evidently Rose, whose £1.25 billion bid with private-equity firm Permira for the Debenhams department-store chain is hanging in the balance this weekend, has other strings to his bow.

As if working on one of the highest-profile takeover battles was not enough to be getting on with, Rose has recently joined the board of Image Restaurants, the privately owned company set up by Christopher Bodker that is behind such fashionable central London dining establishments as Circus, West Street and Avenue.

Rose has long been a backer of the group but has only recently become a director.

It echoes an earlier, similar expansion of responsibilities at another private company Rose has backed, Laserthor, which developed a system for clearing leaves off railway lines.